Corset



(N0 ModeL) M.P.BRAY.

CORSET. No. 275,982. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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PATENT MORRIS P. BRAY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,982, dated April 17, 1883. Application filed January .29, 1883. ,(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mounts I. BRAY, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters oi'reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, arear view of the two parts of the back; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same enlarged.

1 This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, with special reference to the back or lacing edges.

In the more general construction of corsets a series of eyelets are introduced at the rear edge of the two parts of the back and the lacing run through from side to side. This ar- .rangement brings the lacing upon both the inside and outside of the corset, creating an unevenness upon the inside, disagreeable and un- 2 5 comfortable to the wearer.

The object of my invention is to provide a substitute for the eyelets, which will permit the lacing to be made entirely upon the outside of the corset, so that the inside will be 0 plain, flush, and smooth throughout; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the one part, and B the other 3 5 part, of the back portion of acorset. Instead of the two thicknesses a I) being brought together at the extreme edge, in the usual manner, the under thickness comes to the edge, and the upper thickness at a little distance back, as at d. (See Fig. 2.) Between the edge (I of the thickness to and the inner thickness,

1), I introduce a strip, 6, of sufficient width to extend to the edge, and, with the inner thickness, 1), complete that edge. At the edge of the 5 parts, and between the strip e and the thickness 1), I introduce one end, f, of a piece of narrow tape, it, or other suitable material, turning the piece It outward, and onto the part of the corset, introducing the other end, 2', beneath the edged of the outer thickness, a, as seen in Fig. 2. These pieces h are introduced at intervais, leaving a space, say, substantially equal to the distance between the eyelets of an ordinary lacing, or may be more or less. These pieces form loops l upon the outside of the parts and at the extreme rear edge,through which the lacing m is introduced, as seen in Fig. l-that is, first through one loop on one side, then through the next loop on the opposite side, and so on, alternating from side to side, as shown, the lacing being drawn up and secured in the usual manner. By this con struction the inner side of the corset is left smooth and without any of the unevenness and discomfort arising from the usual eyeletlacing.

Instead of inserting the end i of theloops beneath the rear edge of the outer section and applying the strip 6, which I prefer, because it gives to the corset the most finished appear ance, the two thicknesses a b may extend to the extreme edge in the usual manner, and the endf of the piece It introduced between the two thicknesses at the edge, the other edge, 6, turned back upon the outside and stitched di- 7 rectly to the two thicknesses.

The space between the line where the endi of the loops is secured and the edge of the corset forms a pocket for a steel or stay, a, and while I prefer this stay, because it forms a comfortable support for the back, it maybe introduced at some other point or omitted altogether.

I claim- 1. The herein-describediinprovementin cor; sets,'consisting of the loops 1, formed by narrow pieces it, introduced at intervals, one end.

f, of the loop between the two thicknesses of the corset at the edge, the other end turned outward onto that part of the corset and se- 0 cured thereto, substantially as described.

2. In aeorset, the back or lacing section composed of two thicknesses, a I), the inner thickness extending to the extreme edge of the part,theouterthicknessleft backfromtheedge, 9 5 combined with a strip, 6, one edge of which is introduced between the rear edge of the outer thickness, a, and the thickness b, its front edge meeting the edge of the inner thickness, with loops lat intervals, one end, f, of each loop introduced between the two thicknesses at the edge and extending backward, its other end inside the thickness at and there secured, snbcured thereto, with a stay, n, in the pocket, bestantially as and for the purpose described. tween the edge of the part and the line where :0

3. The herein-described improvementin corthe loops are secured, substantially as desets, consisting of the loops 1, formed by narscribed.

5 row pieces h,introduced atintervals, one end, MORRIS I. BRAY.

f, of the loop between the two thicknesses of Witnesses: the corset at the edge, the other end turned J. H. SHUMWAY, outward onto that part of the corset and se- LILLIAN D. KELsEY. 

